Changeset 57c609b in sasmodels for doc/guide/plugin.rst

Timestamp:

Oct 12, 2018 4:14:45 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Paul Kienzle <pkienzle@…>

Branches:

master, core_shell_microgels, magnetic_model, ticket-1257-vesicle-product, ticket_1156, ticket_1265_superball, ticket_822_more_unit_tests

Children:

c11d09f

Parents:

fba9ca0

Message:

Note bad implementation of JN and Si in docs

File:

• doc/guide/plugin.rst (modified) (3 diffs)

doc/guide/plugin.rst

@@ -829 +829 @@
         If $n$ = 0 or 1, it uses sas_J0($x$) or sas_J1($x$), respectively.
 
+        Warning: JN(n,x) can be very inaccurate (0.1%) for x not in [0.1, 100].
+
         The standard math function jn(n, x) is not available on all platforms.
 
@@ -837 +839 @@
         Sine integral Si\ $(x) = \int_0^x \tfrac{\sin t}{t}\,dt$.
 
+        Warning: Si(x) can be very inaccurate (0.1%) for x in [0.1, 100].
+
         This function uses Taylor series for small and large arguments:
 
-        For large arguments,
+        For large arguments use the following Taylor series,
 
         .. math::
@@ -847 +851 @@
              - \frac{\sin(x)}{x}\left(\frac{1}{x} - \frac{3!}{x^3} + \frac{5!}{x^5} - \frac{7!}{x^7}\right)
 
-        For small arguments,
+        For small arguments ,
 
         .. math::